| Description |
xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-265) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Contexts: political, social and cultural. The political and cultural climate in Hungary at the turn of the twentieth century / Lynn Hooker ; Bartók and folk music / Stephen Erdely -- Pt. II. Profiles of the music. Bartok's orchestral music and the modern world / David Cooper ; The stage works: portraits of loneliness / Carl Leafstedt ; Vocal music: inspiration and ideology / Rachel Beckles Willson ; Piano music: teaching pieces and folksong arrangements / Victoria Fischer ; Piano music: recital repertoire and chamber music / Susan Bradshaw ; The Piano Concertos and Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion / Nicky Losseff ; Works for solo violin and the Viola Concerto / Peter Laki ; The String Quartets and works for chamber orchestra / Amanda Bayley -- Pt. III. Reception. Hungarian nationalism and the reception of Bartók's music, 1904-1940 / David E. Schneider ; Bartók in America / Malcolm Gillies ; Bartók reception in cold war Europe / Danielle Fosler-Lussier ; Analytical responses to Bartók's music: pitch organization / Ivan F. Waldbauer ; Bartók at the piano: lessons from the composer's sound recordings / Vera Lampert. |
| Subject |
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Added Author |
Bayley, Amanda.
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| ISBN |
0521660106 |
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0521669588 (pbk.) : $22.95 |
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